Tag: inventions

We just can’t help sticking them in our ears. Those fuzzy-ended cotton bundles of endless poking joy were invented in 1923 by one Leo Gerstenzang, a Polish-born American. It is an anecdotal tale, but perfectly plausible, after all, many things are invented out of need or observation. Here goes… A long time ago in a Read More …

In 1859, a young chemist from Brooklyn, Robert Augustus Chesebrough, went to view an oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States to see what commercial potential this newly discovered petroleum had. There he discovered “rod wax” (as the drillers called it) – a gooey substance that was causing problems with the rig equipment, but appeared Read More …